The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... wise , Healthy by temp'rance and by exercise , His life , though long , to sickness pass'd unknown ; His death was instant , and without a groan . The education of our great author was attended with circumstances very singular , and ...
... wise , Healthy by temp'rance and by exercise , His life , though long , to sickness pass'd unknown ; His death was instant , and without a groan . The education of our great author was attended with circumstances very singular , and ...
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... wise men say should be the last we receive ; for , if you observe , matrimony is placed after extreme unction in our ca- techism , as a kind of hint as to the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down ...
... wise men say should be the last we receive ; for , if you observe , matrimony is placed after extreme unction in our ca- techism , as a kind of hint as to the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down ...
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... wise , to do Mr. Pope service ; he then said , he did not mean his art of poetry , but his art at court , and protested , notwithstanding many insinuations were spread , that it should not be his fault if there was not the best ...
... wise , to do Mr. Pope service ; he then said , he did not mean his art of poetry , but his art at court , and protested , notwithstanding many insinuations were spread , that it should not be his fault if there was not the best ...
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... wise we cannot well account for his neglecting the most gainful way of writing which poetry affords , especially as his reputation was so high that , without much ceremony or mortification , he might have had any piece of his brought ...
... wise we cannot well account for his neglecting the most gainful way of writing which poetry affords , especially as his reputation was so high that , without much ceremony or mortification , he might have had any piece of his brought ...
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... wise for pride , too good for power Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illustriously are lost ; O let my muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native shades ...
... wise for pride , too good for power Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illustriously are lost ; O let my muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native shades ...
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Seite 240 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 9 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Seite 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Seite 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Seite 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Seite 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Seite 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Seite 73 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.